Tuesday, August 31, 2010

I decided to interrupt my little Wild Card challenge to participate in a card challenge hosted by The Pink Stamper. She wanted us to create a winter card...what's more wintery than a cute little snowman?? I think this quick little card turned out cute. I left the inside blank as it could be a Christmas card or a thank you for someone over the Christmas season.

Lucky me...43...FIN-A-LLY. This one is called "Ornament" for obvious reasons. This was a really easy one. I pretty much just went with the cartridge design.I like how the paper looks on this one. You'll notice there is no Glamour dust on this one...already shiny...I did think about it.

Monday, August 30, 2010

And another one down! Card # 42 in this challenge is Graduation. I decided to go all girl on this one as I have a wonderful girl graduating from highschool at the end of this school year- June 2011. I went as girly as I could...pink, purple and glitter! This card is a secret for her...I know she won't see it as she thinks my blog is LAME! She loves the cards I make, but think the old blog needs some help??

Sunday, August 29, 2010

#41...owl card...finnished!! This little guy turned out cute, although I was shooting for a boy card...and again I couldn't help myself...it cried out for Glamour dust and a bow...I swear.Now I have another girl card...Oh well.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Lordy Lordy...Wild card # 40. Another one down!!! This little guy is called monster. Originally I was going to make a Valentine'sDay card with this little guy, but I have enough of those in my growing stash now!! I think he turned out really cute. I love the glitter. It's a male card, but I had to go with some glitter.I love that Glamour dust.

Friday, August 27, 2010

Oh, this one took a while. I didn't really like it as the example...it was to hold a gift card...blah! I changed it up a little using my Gypsy to remove the little slashes that would normally hold the card. I again tried to make a male card to add to my stash...turned out well I think. Glad that #39 is finito.
RECIPE:

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Another Wild Card completed...yeah!! This is number 38 and it's called #1. I like the end product, it's a little...ho..hum...but I think the glitter and purple paper saves it. I have pop dotted every one of these Wild Card cards...so if you decide to do a Wild Card challenge yourself...(crazy??) invest in a crap load of pop dots.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Yahoo...37. I think this card is also going to be for my little nephew on his 2nd Halloween. Obviously I couldn't make this too scary for the little guy. I kept it pretty close to the design of the cartridge.

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Ok...so I took a few days off. I needed to escape the Wild Card challenge for a little while. I turned 41...had to mourn!! I was challenged to use copics on a card...by my good pal Donna ( datsmystyledj.blogspot.com/ ). I tried to ignore it...but every time I turned around...COPICS COPICS COPICS!!! As a joke and torment, my scrapbook pals decided to gift me with a few copics...to torment me! The only one that wasn't being outright evil contributing to this dastardly gift is who this card is for...Amy. Donna's daughter. Sweet, caring and not a mean bone in her body...Amy. Hope she likes it. This is Wild Card # 35 (father). I used the smallest stamp I owned on purpose...and I didn't cut the darn thing out!!

Monday, August 16, 2010

Wild Card # 33...lucky me...Safety Pin. Well this one was supposed to be easy. I messed around with this for 2 hrs...BRUTAL! I have no idea why...I just didn't like anything. I'm happy with the way it turned out.
Boy baby card was what I was shooting for. This card was made with totally scraps...yeah!!!
Recipe:

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Wild Card # 32...cake. I decided to go black and white for this one...and a tiny bit of pink. After all this is a wedding card...it's more for the girl anyway. I like it and it was easy peasy.

Recipe:

black swiss dot, pink bling and white embossed Bazzill

Basic Grey Rhinestones and Pearls in dark grey

Imaginisce Tie the Knot ribbon

sentiments from My Sentiments Exactly-rub ons

Wild Card Cartridge

flower punch for flowers inside card

I had a hard time taking these pics. It was so bright out on my deck where I normally shoot. It was also very windy...my card went flying off the deck and I didn't notice a small feather was on the inside shot of the card. Oh well C'est la vie!! I also messed with the colour...so if it's brutal...you know why.

Saturday, August 14, 2010

31...finally 31 cards. This one is called present. Another obvious name. I think this one turned out a little bland. I tried to go for at least unisex, the paper went well together, but the overall card kinda...bland.

I guess you can tell from my blog that I tend to hate the colour yellow...I think it stems from my childhood...I'm blond, and when I had no say in the clothes I wore, my Mom loved to dress me in yellow. I looked like a banana. I still avoid this colour like the plague. I NEVER dressed MY daughter in yellow...sob!

Friday, August 13, 2010

OOOOOOO, Wild Card # 30. This one is called cupcake...obvious...I know. I really like how this one came out. I again tried to go for the boy look. I thought these colours would be boy-ish, but... it's kinda...Ellen-ish? Eh Donna?

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Twenty-nine cards...WOW! I again was trying to make a gender neutral card, so I went orange. All the patterned paper was from the same line...My Minds Eye Party Time. I stuck close to the design of this card...even used the sentiments. I left the inside relatively blank so I could make this card into a congratulations...a celebrate your birthday...or whatever. I'm basically happy with it except I noticed it turned out suspiciously Halloween-ish? I guess it's my fault...when you use an orange base...you should avoid black...unless it's October.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Wild Card # 28 Star. Wow...I wonder how they thought of this name? I kept this one really simple. The paper really worked as it was covered in stars. Lee-Ann you are so original...how did you come up with that? All the patterned paper is from the same line...my favourite...no matching problems.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Thanks for stopping by my blog...and liking it. I'm slightly computer challenged...so you can imagine how long it took mee to figure this blogging thing out. I am enjoying it. I'd like to thank Two chics & a Cricut for including me on their blog...I love your blog too!! As per the rules of the award...Here are 3 things I love about myself:

I'm prompt

I'm organized

and if you hadn't guessed...I'm a little anal...really it's not a bad thing

Here is a picture I love...I didn't even take it...my daughter took the pic in...you guessed it...Venice. I love it.

Here are the 5 blogs I think are great and deserve the award for their cool blogs;

It was hard to choose only 5...I find myself following a crazy number of blogs. Try to check out my fav 5 blogs. All the above blogs can grab my award and follow the same rules I did. Thank the blog that recommended you, list 3 things you love about yourself, post a fav pic and then pass this award on to 5 other blogs you enjoy and list them.

PS Thanks Donna from Dat's My Style for showing me how to link. (look at all my links mom)

Wild Card # 27...boy I'm cruising on these cards with the Hubby out of town. The cats away and the mice apparently make cards. This one is called HELLO. I think it turned out well. I really like this line of paper...it's so happy looking!!

Monday, August 9, 2010

My Hubby's out of town for work, therefore I have a lot of extra time to play with paper.This is Wild Card # 26...(Branch). I think it turned out well. I like the overall colour and who doesn't love Basic Grey? This card actually came together fast. I stayed pretty close to the original design, I even used the sentiment.
What I used:

Sunday, August 8, 2010

This is Wild Card # 25 Flower. Appropriate name. Turned out cute except, I made another girl card. What am I to do? The girl cards are more fun. There is no sentiment yet as I'm not sure what I'll do with this one. This card originally couldn't stand, so I added the leaf in a way that would make it stand. Works well. I also added the flower on top askew on purpose and pop dotted the petals for a 3D effect. I used the Cuttlebug all over this baby, because I didn't want to use any patterned paper. I think it made the Bazzill bling look more interesting.What do you think?

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Card # 24...2 dozen Wow! This is taking FOREVER. For those of you who know me...I'm not the most patient of people.(understatement or what?) This card was going great until I had to find a monkey for the front. None of my cartridges had a suitable monkey. Thank God for good pals...Donna let me borrow her New Arrivals cartridge, and voila...cute monkey.(thanks Donna, you're the best!)
Recipe:

Thursday, August 5, 2010

#22, the Quote card. Not feeling this one. I like the inside more than the outside...go figure? I tried to keep it as simple as I could. I wanted this to be a masculine card. Boy, was it hard. My hands kept reaching for the flowers. I think it turned out ok. Pink would have been better but alas, I have enough female cards.
Recipe:

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Lucky 21? OOOOO, I'm so glad to be done Wild Card # 21. This one is called Scallop...makes sense. Turned out cute. I seem to have a problem, every card I make turns into a girl card. By the end of this challenge, I'm going to have 48 girl cards and 2 boy cards.ARGH!